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Honda CR-Z Type R ’

The Honda CR-Z Hybrid R Concept Car is quite possibly the best looking (affordable) hybrid we’ve yet seen. Sure it’s a little need-for-speed-rice-rockety for the taste of many but when it comes to making hybrid cars appealing to those under 35 this car will do more than any hybrid before it. Vital stats on the car are: 200bhp, 175ft-lbs of torque and the price of the base model will be $19,200 USD. Lanjut →

Honda is set to begin sales of its much anticipated CR-Z sports hybrid coupé in the US from August this year. The car has drawn much attention over the past 3 years, it originally started life as a design concept in 2007 and is clearly based on Honda’s infamous CR-X coupé. With pricing set to begin at $19,200 USD for the 6 speed manual transmission model the CR-Z will be the cheapest and the sportiest hybrid for sale in the North American market, a fact which has many industry analysts tagging it as a potential big win for Honda in a space currently dominated by Toyota. Lanjut →

Hot on the heels of their announcement that the CR-Z Hybrid was coming later this year, Honda is leaking some teaser images and details on their yet to be announced CR-Z Type R Hybrid. Based on the infamous CR-X, a car that won numerous awards including Motortrends Import Car of the Millenium, the CR-Z Hybrid has obvious styling cues linking it back to the popular 1980’s boy-racer-wet-dream. The Type R variant is going to feature a gasoline/electric hybrid drivetrain with a combined output of Lanjut →